Lightning strike - where to start?
 

It appears that both our pool controls and/or pump and irrigation system took a direct hit tonight. We'll check more in the morning but the breaker for the irrigation system was not tripped. Not sure whether to just start with an electrician for the irrigation system? Will call T&D for the pool. Suggestions? We're happy that our AC is working.

Lightning strike - where to start?
 

First call, an electrician so as to determine the integrity of your line voltage system. Based upon his report you can then line up the low voltage contractors ( irrigation & pool controller ).


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Always check GFIC's first. Most outlets are on gfic's.

"GFCI" stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.

It would not "appear" that you took a direct hit. If you took a direct hit most of your house would be without electricity(if not all)and there would be signs of it. A lightning strike can do harm even from a distance.

Not sure of your familiarity with circuit breakers, but just in case...
A tripped circuit breaker may appear to still be on. It will be in the center position.

To reset it, you MUST FIRST switch it fully off, then fully to the on position. You'll hear a click.

Sorry if you knew this.

Don't forget to call your homeowners insurance company!

I agree with many of the comments above, we had a close in lightning strike, and all of the GFCI breakers and receptacles tripped. So as stated above, first check all of the breakers, once these are determined to be in the ON position, then check the GFCI receptacles, our house has 3 in the garage alone.
hope this helps.

The breakers were all on, not in the mid position. However, we switched them off and back on. Someone said that we will likely need to replace our irrigation control system since it is 10 years old.

We have twice had close lightning strikes that have shut down our pool controls. Both times the T&D tech was great and quickly determined that the master board shorted out. We were equally fortunate to have the boards replaced at no cost by the manufacturer otherwise we would have been out about $700 for each board.

Seeing you are in Amelia we did notice a number of Fire Dept responses to Amelia between 8:30pm and about 9:15pm last night. Could have been quite a few lightning related incidents in that storm.

You didn't say and nobody has asked..... do/did you have any type of surge protection. Whole house or point of use or both.:shrug:

Yes several houses had some damage including three in our neighborhood that had a gas line hit. TECO has been there all day with several trucks and major digging. It was a scary night.

Yes we have whole house surge protection. I plan to call SECO.

Thank you. Good luck and please let us know what they say and how it all turns out.

Dog and I were in bed in fear until our meds kicked in.